This is generally distinct from ecirrata and has a more restricted range, mostly from N.Car. to Ala.; 2n = 26 versus 52 (FNA 26, W). It is verified in e. Tenn. (from Grundy Co. at GH), but some colls. from Tenn. are difficult to distinguish from ecirrata (Mangaly 1968). Much ecirrata has been erroneously referred to hugeri in Ky. and elsewhere, due to misleading treatment in Gl and elsewhere; leaves of both species are green and more or less puberulent beneath. A comprehensive review of Ky. colls. is still needed; no records are confirmed here. S. hugeri differs from ecirrata in its typically less numerous leaf blades (ca. 4-8 versus 5-13), which are narrowly ovate or elliptic (l/w ca. 1.7-2 versus 1.4-1.7), with a cuneate base (versus broadly ovate with a cordate base); its usually less numerous flowers (up to 12 per umbel, versus 25); its shorter tepals (3-3.5 mm versus 3.5-4 mm); its stamens shorter than filaments (versus more or less equalling); and its berries glaucous (versus not) with fewer seeds (2-3 versus 3-5).